A group of 65 University of Maine at Farmington students have conducted a semester-long research project on how communities can prevent and become resilient in the face of trauma.
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Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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UMaine Machias names new acting president
Longtime administrator Stuart Swain will take over for Joyce Hedlund, who had heart surgery and will resign.
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Executive director of Cornville charter school, the state’s first, resigns
Justin Belanger, who helped found the Cornville Regional Charter School in 2012, will resign as soon as the school’s board of directors can find a replacement, according to a press release issued Monday.
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Oakland middle schoolers raise money for African students
Inspired by one boy in Malawi, Messalonskee Middle School students want to help kids in Malawi get a secondary school education.
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Winslow teen’s letter about Steve Jobs biography wins national contest
Gabe Ferris, a freshman at Waterville Senior High School, was honored recently at the National Book Festival, where he read his award-winning letter to author Walter Isaacson.
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Winslow High School team wins first Thomas Cup competition
The event drew 60 high school students to technical contests at Thomas College.
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Maine signs $4.14 million contract for standardized student testing
A New Hampshire-based company will develop and administer new English and math tests for students in third through eighth grades.
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Messalonskee’s Paula Callan wins Maine assistant principal of the year
The award was announced Thursday morning at a surprise ceremony at the Oakland high school.
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Brian Laramee to continue as acting Waterville principal
The School Board voted 7-0 Wednesday to ask him to stay through end of the school year.
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New assessment tests for Maine students to be rolled out
Measured Progress Inc. will replace the Smarter Balanced test; details will be unveiled Thursday.